F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "There are no second acts in American life."
It was a nice quote, but completely untrue.
People re-invent themselves all the time; Richard Nixon, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and several years ago this phenomena has occurred in Thailand, as the 33 year old son of the Interior Minister has been charged with the campaign to keep Thailand's toilets clean.
The perennial bad boy is now known as "Mr Happy Toilet" or Khun Hong-nam Yin-dee.
"I am apologizing publicly for my behavior in the past that might have caused the public not to be happy with me." Wan had been involved in several bar brawls, culminating in the murder of an off-duty policeman. He fled the country until the witnesses suffered collective amnesia. His father previously attempted to install his son in the government as the poster boy to stop drinking and smoking, despite his subscription to both vices. Public outrage forced the young man into early retirement, but the Deputy Minister has high hopes for the nation to forgive and forget and Wan has learn from his past judging from this statements to the Press. "I will work for the nation to show I can correct my past mistakes."
Who knows?
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